Junkyard 5.9L Magnum + Edelbrock LA heads build

MOPEkidD-3 said

OK good to know, yeah last thing I need is to wait another 2-3+ weeks for my machine shop to mill the intake down. I've always wondered though, every aftermarket aluminum intake I've put on a Mopar V-8 sat up high and barely had room for the bolts to thread in, is there a reason for that?

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All I can guess is that is where you want to start, with the bolts just threading in at the bottom of the holes. As it torques down, the holes 'move down' and the bolts get higher in the holes (though you can't see it). If you started with the bolts in the middle or near the upper edges of the holes, then as it torqued down, the bolts might eventually bump into the upper edge of the holes, and then things would not completely settle down.

Seems like this is a matter for any vee-shaped intake interface.....